Pacific Westbound Conference v. United States of America and Federal Maritime Commission

• On March 2, 1964, Pacific Westbound Conference (Conference), proceeding under the Review Act of 1950, as amended 64 Stat. 1129 et seq., 68 Stat. 961 et seq., 5 U.S.C. § 1031 et seq. (1958), petitioned this court to review Part I of an order issued by the Federal Maritime Commission on December 27, 1963. At the same time the Conference applied for an interlocutory injunction, and for a temporary stay.

The petitioner, .representing twenty-.five members, exists as a conference of common carriers by water engaged in the foreign water-borne commerce of the United States. The Commission order which it seeks to have reviewed is entitled: “Amended Section 21 Order— Study — The Trade from U. S. Pacific Coast Ports to Ports in Japan — Foreign Trade Study 63-11,” referred to herein as “Section 21 Order.”. Part I of that order required the Conference to produce at the Commission’s offices in Washington, D. C., not later than February 20, 1964, two categories of documents described in the order, as quoted in the margin. The Commission thereafter extended the time for compliance with Part I of the order to March 2, 1964. The grounds upon which relief from Part I of this order was sought, as…